Hi, Readers.
Business Central on-premises is available in several release versions. You can upgrade an existing Dynamics NAV or Business Central solution to any of these releases. Depending on your solution’s current version, it might not be possible to upgrade directly to a particular release. You might have to upgrade indirectly through an intermediate release, before upgrading to the target release. In this post, I’m going to briefly summarize all supported upgrade paths of Business Central On-Premises. Hope this helps.
If you’re coming from version 13 or earlier, Business Central Spring 2019 (v14) is a required step to upgrade to the latest version of Business Central.
All version 14 updates are compatible for upgrade with Business Central 2024 release wave 1 (version 24) and later release waves.
Starting in 2025 release wave 1 (v26), the direct upgrade from Business Central 2019 (v14) to the latest release will no longer be supported. The supported upgrade path will be through 2024 release wave 2 (v25).
| Version | Upgrade path | Details |
| Spring 2019 (version 14) 2019 Release Wave 2 (version 15) 2020 release wave 1 (version 16) 2020 release wave 2 (version 17) 2021 release wave 1 (version 18) 2021 release wave 2 (version 19) 2022 release wave 1 (version 20) 2022 release wave 2 (version 21) 2023 release wave 1 (version 22) 2023 release wave 2 (version 13) | Direct to latest version (version 24) | -> latest version (version 24) |
| NAV 2015 NAV 2016 NAV 2017 NAV 2018 October 2018 (version 23) | Indirect. Upgrade to v14 first | -> v14 -> latest version (version 24) |
| NAV 2013 NAV 2013 R2 | Indirect. Upgrade to NAV 2018 first | -> NAV 2018 -> v14 -> latest version (version 24) |
| NAV 2009 SP1 NAV 2009 R2 | Indirect. Upgrade to NAV 2013 or NAV 2015 first | -> NAV 2013 -> NAV 2018 -> v14 -> latest version (version 24) or -> NAV 2015 -> v14 -> latest version (version 24) |
| NAV 5.0 NAV 4.0 | Indirect. Upgrade to NAV 2013 first | -> NAV 2013 -> NAV 2018 -> v14 -> latest version (version 24) |
All Direct Supported Upgrade Paths:
| Version | NAV 2013 | NAV 2015 | NAV 2018 | Version 13 | Version 14 | Version 15 | Version 16 | Version 17 | Version 18 | Version 19 | Version 20 | Version 21 | Version 22 | Version 23 | Version 24 |
| Version 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Version 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct |
| Version 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct |
| Version 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 14 | – | – | – | – | – | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct | Direct |
| Version 13 | – | – | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2018 | – | – | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2017 | – | – | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2016 | – | – | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2015 | – | – | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2013 R2 | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2013 | – | – | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2009 R2 | Direct | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 2009 SP1 | Direct | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 5.0 | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NAV 4.0 | Direct | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
This time I mainly summarized the major versions. If you want to see the minor versions, it is recommended to check MS Learn (Docs) directly. More details: Dynamics 365 Business Central upgrade compatibility matrix
PS:
1. History of Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV
2. Dynamics 365 Business Central/Dynamics NAV lifecycle (Support Dates) – All versions
3. Upgrading to Dynamics 365 Business Central
4. Upgrading to Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premises Spring 2019 (v.14)
5. Supported Upgrade Paths to Dynamics 365 Business Central Releases
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Hope this will help.
Thanks for reading.
ZHU
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